Colombian leader's son says drug money entered father's campaign
Petro, at age 37 the eldest of the leftist president's children, was arrested Saturday and denied the charges in a hearing Wednesday. Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro (L), and his ex-wife Daysuris Vasque. BOGOTA: Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, told prosecutors that money from a drug cartel filtered into the campaign of his father last year, a confession aimed at mitigating his own exposure to money-laundering charges. Nicolas Petro “received large sums of money from Mr. Samuel Santander Lopesierra, known as The Marlboro Man,” prosecutor Mario Burgos said during a hearing Thursday. “Some of the money was used by Mr. Nicolas Fernando Petro himself… and the other part went into the 2022 presidential campaign,” Burgos said. Petro, at age 37 the eldest of the leftist president’s children, was arrested Saturday and denied the charges in a hearing Wednesday. But he changed his tune a day later when he announced his aim “to initiate a pro...